In article <27700 at mimsy.umd.edu> I wrote: >ANSI C has made [extern + local declaration] illegal ... This is incorrect; `extern int foo; int foo = 5;' is legal. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 405 2750) Domain: chris at cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris